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<font color='#009900'>// Copyright (C) 2003  Davis E. King (davis@dlib.net)
</font><font color='#009900'>// License: Boost Software License   See LICENSE.txt for the full license.
</font><font color='#0000FF'>#undef</font> DLIB_SEQUENCE_SORt_ABSTRACT_
<font color='#0000FF'>#ifdef</font> DLIB_SEQUENCE_SORt_ABSTRACT_

<font color='#0000FF'>#include</font> "<a style='text-decoration:none' href='sequence_kernel_abstract.h.html'>sequence_kernel_abstract.h</a>"

<font color='#0000FF'>namespace</font> dlib
<b>{</b>

    <font color='#0000FF'>template</font> <font color='#5555FF'>&lt;</font>
        <font color='#0000FF'>typename</font> seq_base
        <font color='#5555FF'>&gt;</font>
    <font color='#0000FF'>class</font> <b><a name='sequence_sort'></a>sequence_sort</b> : <font color='#0000FF'>public</font> seq_base
    <b>{</b>

        <font color='#009900'>/*!
            REQUIREMENTS ON T
                T must implement operator&lt; for its type

            REQUIREMENTS ON seq_base 
                must be an implementation of sequence/sequence_kernel_abstract.h



            POINTERS AND REFERENCES TO INTERNAL DATA
                sort() may invalidate pointers and references to data members.

            WHAT THIS EXTENSION DOES FOR sequence
                this gives a sequence the ability to sort its contents by calling sort()
        !*/</font>


    <font color='#0000FF'>public</font>:

        <font color='#0000FF'><u>void</u></font> <b><a name='sort'></a>sort</b> <font face='Lucida Console'>(</font>
        <font face='Lucida Console'>)</font>;
        <font color='#009900'>/*!
            ensures
                - for all elements in #*this the ith element is &lt;= the i+1 element
                - #at_start() == true
            throws
                - std::bad_alloc or any exception thrown by T's constructor
                    data may be lost if sort() throws
        !*/</font>


    <b>}</b>;


    <font color='#0000FF'>template</font> <font color='#5555FF'>&lt;</font>
        <font color='#0000FF'>typename</font> seq_base
        <font color='#5555FF'>&gt;</font>
    <font color='#0000FF'>inline</font> <font color='#0000FF'><u>void</u></font> <b><a name='swap'></a>swap</b> <font face='Lucida Console'>(</font>
        sequence_sort<font color='#5555FF'>&lt;</font>seq_base<font color='#5555FF'>&gt;</font><font color='#5555FF'>&amp;</font> a, 
        sequence_sort<font color='#5555FF'>&lt;</font>seq_base<font color='#5555FF'>&gt;</font><font color='#5555FF'>&amp;</font> b 
    <font face='Lucida Console'>)</font> <b>{</b> a.<font color='#BB00BB'>swap</font><font face='Lucida Console'>(</font>b<font face='Lucida Console'>)</font>; <b>}</b> 
    <font color='#009900'>/*!
        provides a global swap function
    !*/</font>

<b>}</b>

<font color='#0000FF'>#endif</font> <font color='#009900'>// DLIB_SEQUENCE_SORt_ABSTRACT_
</font>

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